I'd rather a Kirkham

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agnoraan
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I'd rather a Kirkham

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I think I'd rather a Kirkham than one of these, or maybe buy three DB 427's for the same money :lol:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-Shelby-Cob ... Sw5VFWQK-t

or

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-Cobra-427- ... SwwbdWQHPZ



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Interesting to see that Carroll Shelby stands next to AN OTHER car! :shock:
Compare the mirrors (disappeared) and the oil cooler opening seems not to be the same.
It is from my point of view not the same car on the pictures....
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I don't think there was any suggestion they were the same car, which they clearly aren't....
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...I`m just worried about what a "Black Death interior" is?!

Damn you, Autocorrect!!!! :lol:
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agnoraan wrote:I think I'd rather a Kirkham than one of these, or maybe buy three DB 427's for the same money :lol:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-Shelby-Cob ... Sw5VFWQK-t

or

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-Cobra-427- ... SwwbdWQHPZ



cheers..Nige
Were it that I had £450k to spend on two cars then I'd be Utah-bound demanding a 289 FIA and one of these cooooops

(Unless Stoke on Trents favourite craftsman wants to take on a different challenge....perhaps I'd get a discount for repeat custom?)
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Never say never Paul, but I suspect you might have a bit of a wait. :wink:

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Yep....it'd take me a helluva long time to save up £450k too so that's fine :D

(Like, never)
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Tapped wrote:Were it that I had £450k to spend on two cars then I'd be Utah-bound demanding a 289 FIA and one of these cooooops...
Well, I wonder? 20 years ago I had just finished restoring a pair of AH3000s, one absolutely AHOC concours-winning utterly-standard-as-showroom BJ7, and the second a full Sebring race rep with side exhaust, triple Webers on period manifolding, rear discs, fixed hardtop etc. I found I just used one all the time - the standard car. The race car did odd trips to the pub and was horribly unuseable on any kind of run (something Dale discovered about race replicas). And you can't race them unless you're a millionaire with access to your own race series, service crew etc. After two years and one long drive to Monza, I sold the race replica (to hillclimb champ David Grace, who did race it) for a decent amount and kept the standard car.

Save your dosh - just find 250k for one!
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Tapped wrote:Unless Stoke on Trents favourite craftsman wants to take on a different challenge....perhaps I'd get a discount for repeat custom?
I asked him this about a year ago and he said it's not on the cards for the near future as his eastern european friends didn't have a buck to work to .... which number body are you?
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Mine is chassis #3
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